[EL] Misleading GOP ad (Kyrsten Sinema)

[Scarberry, Mark]

It absolutely is misleading. If the reader misses one word ("Defeat"), the reader would think contributions would be used to support the Democrat. You don't have to click through to an obviously anti-Sinema site to contribute, nor is there any other indication of the ad's true purpose. 

Suppose there had been something conspicuous that would alert the would-be contributor, and the ad included a substantive criticism of Sinema. Would it be ethical to use the headline to get Sinema supporters to read the rest of the ad? My sense is no. It would be different if there were three question marks ("???") after the headline.

Mark Scarberry
Pepperdine 

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> On Feb 4, 2014, at 7:03 AM, "Joseph Birkenstock" <jbirkenstock at capdale.com> wrote:
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> Holy charge-backs, Batman...  What's the non-"we're trying to trick donors" reason for putting "Kyrsten Sinema for Congress" at the top of that webpage?
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